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- Precision Dynamics Corporation Primes for Growth With Robust Enterprise Solution
- With over 50 years of service and innovation, Precision Dynamics Corporation PDC is the global leader in identification wristbands and advanced ID solutions. PDC's legacy systems were unable to support strategic objectives, including planned growth, geographical expansion and business model diversification. Highly-customized legacy systems monopolized IT staff time and required...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Legacy System, Precision Dynamics Corporation, PDC, Hardware Upgrade, Strategy, Hardware, Management
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- iPhone update kills 12 security bugs
- Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
- There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...
- Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Dell data dump: More energy ammo for the procurement checklist
- Two Dell-related green tech proclamations this week: First, the company has done one of those fun green math exercises and is calculating that its customers have saved an estimated $3 billion in energy costs and 29 million tons in carbon dioxide emissions by using OptiPlex desktop systems since 2005. Whether...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Optiplex, Procurement, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- What really happened to the candidates' computers?
- Now that two weeks have passed since the end of the presidential campaigns, it is worthwhile to take a look at what I think should have one of the biggest cybercrime stories of the year. As Ryan blogged the day after the election, both the McCain and the Obama...
- Tags: BusinessWeek, Computer, Attack, Government, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Security, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Is the 'Green' in Green IT dead?
- In a number of recent client interactions with both enterprise IT end users and vendors, the question of "Is the ‘green' in Green IT dead?" has come up. Primarily driven by the current economic climate, IT end users want to understand how relevant the environmental benefits of Green IT should...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Green IT, Doug Washburn
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- The mass exodus of the technology industry
- Everywhere I look at the moment there are job cuts here, mass lay-off's there, unemployment rising and a crumbling global economy. Whilst students are working their arses off trying to cram for pre-Christmas exams, it opens up a world full of worry for students who are...
- Tags: Job, Technology Company, Industry, U.K., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Microsoft, Creative Financing, and the Bank of EAC
- Microsoft's announcement that it would offer 0% financing to new customers of its Dynamics product line is a welcome offering at a time when the credit crisis requires out-of-the-box solutions to the fact that a bunch of ungrateful banks are unwilling to loan the taxpayer those megabucks we lent them...
- Tags: Bank, Financing, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Microsoft offers zero percent financing on Dynamics ERP and CRM
- Microsoft is taking a play from automakers as it tries to stoke demand for its enterprise applications--zero percent financing. The company said Thursday that it will offer zero percent financing for 36 months to Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM software. The fact that technology vendors are increasingly...
- Tags: Financing, ERP, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- A protein version of a Vermeer masterwork
- Canadian scientists have recreated a famous painting from Vermeer on the microscale by using a new protein patterning technique. In fact, they've used a new laser method to draw protein pictures. And to illustrate the precision of their protein patterning technique, the research team reproduced 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,'...
- Tags: Laser, Roland Piquepaille, Technique, Protein, LAPAP
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Crisis Averted: A Proactive Approach to Mitigating Disaster
- Is your business' network - and the IT staff that runs it - prepared to deal with the unthinkable? Is your data secure? Does your current disaster plan streamline your company's operations? Does it resolve your concerns about power and network outages? View this 1-hour Webcast, sponsored by Qwest Communications,...
- Tags: CIO, Qwest Communications Inc., Network, Disaster Recovery, Networking, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-11-12
- BBC hit by a DDoS attack
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc.co.uk) was hit by a DDoS attack on Thursday, according to a statement sent to the Inquirer : "In a statement to the INQ, the BBC said the attack originated in a number of different countries but didn't specify which. When the Beeb's techies blocked...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- SAP Makes A Dramatic Move: Ex-Oracle Exec John Wookey To Head up SAP's New On-demand Market Effort
- It's hard to know which was more significant, the announcement that SAP is going to tackle on demand at the top of its market, or the name of the person – former Oracle apps exec John Wookey – who was picked to lead the effort. Off the top of my...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, Cloud Computing, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Nortel's rerun: Another purge, another restructuring
- Nortel on Monday purged its executive ranks--Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Flaherty, Chief Technology Officer John Roese, Global Services President Dietmar Wendt and Executive Vice President Global Sales Bill Nelson are all leaving Jan. 1--and announced yet another restructuring amid a weak earnings. Continuity and Nortel are two...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Real Estate, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Judge tells Apple exec to stop work
- Judge tells Apple exec to stop workNon-competes never stand up in court.The rights of the individual are held higher than those of the corporation. I have discussed this with several HR departments. Generally they ask people to sign them knowing they cannot enforce them.Its a matter of livelihood....
- Tags: Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .
- Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .It's not so bad as you think: value = trustI think you're too pessimistic. After all: *every* value is essentially a bubble. Trust will cause any value to increase, lack of trust will cause any value to decrease. There is no...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Investment, bubble, government
- Discussion threads 2008-11-09
- Epson Artisan 800
- The Epson Artisan 800 printer is a multifunctional printer that can also copy, scan, and fax documents. The $299 device is faster than other inkjet printers, and we like the large LCD screen and the built-in CD drive, but it's severely marred by buggy software and flimsy components. We spent...
- Tags: Printers, Fax, Monitors & displays, tray, Artisan 800, printer, Epson, Epson Artisan 800
- Product reviews 2008-11-06
- Mozilla: "Firefox's current overall market share is 20%"
- Mozilla: "Firefox's current overall market share is 20%"The silence is deafening...Mozilla has nothing to gain by arguing details here. Firefox is about 20%,no need to say anything more . . . .But does it reflect preferences?While 20% may reflect actual use it may not accurately reflect preferences.For example, I am...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Gartner: Office politics kills IT projects
- Most IT failures are driven by hidden dynamics related to political, organizational, and cultural issues, but Machiavelli isn't the answer. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Office Politics, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, CIO, Machiavelli, PROJECT FAILURES ANALYSIS Politics
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
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